Police say around 20 people were inside the synagogue in the downtown area of east Melbourne when a man poured flammable liquid on the front door and set it on fire.

A man doused the front doors of a downtown Melbourne synagogue and set them alight Friday night, Australian police said Saturday.

A man set the door of a synagogue alight and a group of protesters stormed an Israeli restaurant in Melbourne on Friday night, the latest in a wave of antisemitic attacks in Australian cities.